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We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how incomparable would this joy be! Therefore the sage roams freely in the realm in which nothing can escape, but all endures.

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The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
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Himself Mindset Mirror Perfection Regret
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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Education Form Low Punishment Reward
When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.
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Infinite Point Religious Separate Sight View Yourself
True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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Clear Precise Shallow True Understand Wisdom Word
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
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Occupy Sky Space Unity
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
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Finding Forget Man Myself Talk Word
There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am.
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Difficult Fortunate Gratitude Lose Moments Myself Opportunity Possession Realize Snow Strength Trouble Virtue
There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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Beginning Philosophy
During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.
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Awakening Dreams Greatness Realize Wake Up
There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly.
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Clear Dangerous Eyes Greatness Heart Sharp
Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.
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Cloud Follow Heaven Light Understand Wisdom Yourself
My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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Finding Happiness Opinion Stop Yourself
The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.
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Help Man Old Perfection
A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.
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Different Power Stop Wall
Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
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Calm Earth Heaven Purity
When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
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Beginning Enjoyment Himself Nervous Skill Target

We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how incomparable would this joy be! Therefore the sage roams freely in the realm in which nothing can escape, but all endures.

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We possess our body by chance and we are already pleased with it. If our physical bodies went through ten thousand transformations without end, how incomparable would this joy be! Therefore the sage roams freely in the realm in which nothing can escape, but all endures.

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